female gazing at: Riz Ahmed

Riz Ahmed had been my secret boyfriend for a while, but now he’s in Nightcrawler, so the secret is out.

Despite what Nightcrawler might lead you to believe — Ahmed plays a Los Angeles “intern” to Jake Gyllenhaal’s ethics-free freelance journalist — Ahmed is actually British. Which is how I discovered him: he has been in a ton of amazing but not exactly mainstream British films.

He’s one of those actors whom you can just never take your eyes off, he’s that magnetic. And also gorgeous: